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Police: Kyushu citizens targeted in yakuza retaliation attacks
The anti-yakuza campaign has spread across the nation, with local governments passing ordinances to sever ties with syndicates and companies and citizens trying to eradicate organized crime in their communities.
A bullet hole in a window at a building that serves as a restaurant and the owner's home in Kita-Kyushu's Yahata-Nishi Ward, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 8, 2011 (Shoma Fujiwaki)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/AJ201201260071
New yakuza measure tightens the screw on crime groups
As brave as they come, a 69-year-old resident of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture wants more help from the authorities when residents take up the fight against yakuza groups.
Police fend off gun-wielding "attackers" with protective plates in this training exercise conducted Dec. 21, 2011, in Fukuoka city's Higashi Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_...AJ201201240001
The anti-yakuza campaign has spread across the nation, with local governments passing ordinances to sever ties with syndicates and companies and citizens trying to eradicate organized crime in their communities.
A bullet hole in a window at a building that serves as a restaurant and the owner's home in Kita-Kyushu's Yahata-Nishi Ward, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 8, 2011 (Shoma Fujiwaki)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/AJ201201260071
New yakuza measure tightens the screw on crime groups
As brave as they come, a 69-year-old resident of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture wants more help from the authorities when residents take up the fight against yakuza groups.
Police fend off gun-wielding "attackers" with protective plates in this training exercise conducted Dec. 21, 2011, in Fukuoka city's Higashi Ward. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_...AJ201201240001
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